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Wren and Martin's monumental work High School English Grammar and Composition now appears in two editions. One is a de luxe edition, illustrated in full-colour, and the other is an ordinary edition without illustrations. The material in the book has been further updated where called for. It has been felt necessary in particular to revise some material in the chapters dealing with adjectives, active and passive voice, articles and prepositions. Appendix I, which deals with American English, has been expanded. Appendix II has been replaced with a newer set of tests covering the important areas of grammar. It was in the year 1972 that the shrewd visionary Mr. Shyam Lai Gupta obtained the permission of Manecji Cooper Education Trust for the revision of this book and commissioned me to revise it thoroughly. The revised edition came out in 1973 and was well received. One of the main features of the revised edition was the addition of a great deal of new material (such as the three chapters on structures) based on the new developments in the study of English structure and usage. Subsequently the book was revised every four or five years and most extensively in 1999. Unlike many traditional grammar books, the book in the present form helps the student to use the language as well as giving detailed information about the language. It provides ample guidance and practice in sentence building, correct usage, comprehension, written composition and other allied areas so as to equip the student with the ability to communicate effectively in English. It is gratifying to learn that this classic work, though primarily intended for use in the Indian subcontinent, is also used in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, etc. It is hoped that the book will be found useful in many more countries where English is used as a second or foreign language.

CONTENTS

BOOK I. GRAMMAR

CHAPTER -- PAGES

1. THE SENTENCE -- 1

2. SUBJECT AND PREDICATE -- 1

3. THE PHRASE AND THE CLAUSE -- 2

4. PARTS OF SPEECH -- 3

5. THE NOUN: KINDS OF NOUNS -- 5

6. THE NOUN: GENDER -- 8

7. THE NOUN: NUMBER -- 10 8. THE NOUN: CASE -- 15

9. THE ADJECTIVE -- 19

10. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES -- 24

11. ADJECTIVES USED AS NOUNS -- 33

12. POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVES -- 34

13. THE CORRECT USE OF SOME ADJECTIVES -- 34

14. ARTICLES -- 37

15. PERSONAL PRONOUNS -- 43

16. REFLEXIVE AND EMPHATIC PRONOUNS -- 48

17. DEMONSTRATIVE, INDEFINITE AND DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS -- 49

18. RELATIVE PRONOUNS -- 52

19. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS -- 62

20. THE VERB -- 65

21. VERBS OF INCOMPLETE PREDICATION -- 68

22. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE -- 70

23. MOOD -- 75

24. TENSES: INTRODUCTION -- 78

25. THE USES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST TENSES -- 81

26. THE FUTURE -- 86

27. THE VERB: PERSON AND NUMBER -- 88

28. THE INFINITIVE -- 90

29. THE PARTICIPLE -- 93

30. THE GERUND -- 99

31. IRREGULAR VERBS -- 102

32. AUXILIARIES AND MODALS -- 109

33. CONJUGATION OF THE VERB LOVE -- 115

34. THE ADVERB -- 118

35. COMPARISON OF ADVERBS -- 123

36. FORMATION OF ADVEBS -- 124

37. POSITION OF ADVERBS -- 125

38. THE PREPOSITION -- 127

39. WORDS FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS -- 136

40. THE CONJUNCTION -- 149

41. SOME CONJUNCTIONS AND THEIR USES -- 157

42. THE INTERJECTION -- 163

43. THE SAME WORD USED AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH -- 163

BOOK II. COMPOSITION

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